Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-08

S"", oh tne farther Side OF narrow
court yard which divided one section Of The
Feet palace from another. Accordingly,
ssing armed himself with native either
on which, being an adept with the light
guitar, he had easily learned to strum. be
proceeded at midnight-the fashionable hour
lot TINS sort OF caterwaulng-to make night
ntieous with bis amorous yells. I was fast
Tnleep when they began, but they soon woke
I'o up-ior Good possesses tremendous
VOICE and has no notion Of time--and / ran
70 my window place 10 see what was the
na.'er' And there, standing in the full
niight In the court yard, I perceived
uooa' adorned with an enormous ostrich
leather headdress ard a flowing sillsen cloak.
winch II Is the right thing TO wear upon these
Pscasions, and shouting out the abomina-
.@ song which ho and the old gentleman
nad evolved, to jerky, jingling accompani-
ment From the direction OF the quarters OF
ne maids OF honor came succession OF faint
zpiggerings; but the apartments OF Sorais
I'perself-whom devoutly pitied IL she han.
pessa 70 be there-were silent ns the grave
There was absolutely no end to that awf,,l
song, with its eternal II will kiss tbeein ami
at last neither nor Sir Henry, whom I hal
summoned to enjoy the sight could stand IL
any longer; so, remembering the dear old
story, put my head to the window openipp
and shouted, "For Heavens sake, Good. don't
4 60 on talking about it, but kiss her and let's
all go to sleepp That checked him Off. and
4 W bad no more serenading.
The whole thing formed q laughable In
4 cident in tragic business.
Wen, the more Sir Henry held off the more
Sorals came on, as Is not uncommon in such
cases, I'LL at last things got very queer in
ueed evidently she was, by some strange
peAfersity OF mind, quite blinded to the true
state OF the case; and !, for one, greatly
dreaded the moment of her awakening.
Rorals was dangerous woman to be mixed
up WITH, either with or without ones own
consent. At last the evil moment came. as /
saw 10 must come One fine day, Good hay.
sngeono out hawking, Sir Henry and wero
atting quietly talking over the situation, e.
peciany wiz reference to Sorais, when a
court messenger arrived with written note.
which we with some difficulty deciphered.
and which was to the effect that "the Queen
Sorfs commanded the attendance of the
lord lncubu in her private apartments.
wnither be would be conducted by the
bearer"
ION my world" groaned Sir Henry.
Cant you go instead, old fellowgn .
mot If know it,n said with yipor. az
had rather face wounded elephant with n
shot gum Wash up your own dirty dishes
my boy. If you will be SO fascinating Won
must take the consequences Amt you lust
in for 1t new, that's allG'
"You remind me of when I was going IN
DO logged at school and the other bows came
to knsole me-" he said, gloomily. "What
right has this COMPOUNDED queen to command
my attendance, should like to ltnow9 I
s-on't go.n
But You must; you are one OF her officers
and bound to obey her, and she knows Il
And after all it win soon DO OVER
That's just what they used TO saw ~ be
faid again. II only hope she won't put n
knife into me. believe that she IL ouite
capable Of it," And OFF he started very
faintheartedly, and no wonder.
Isa'sand waited, and at the end of about
Forty five minutes he returned, looking good
deal worse than when he went
AGive me something to drink" he said
hoarssly. ''''N
I got him a cip of wine, and asked what
was the matter ET-T|
"WhaE tie mattera Why, If ever there
was trouble there's trouble now. You know
" hen left youl Well, was shown straight
ito Sorais' private chamber, and wonderful
place it is; and there she sat, quite alone.
upon slken couch at the end Of the room
playing gently upon that either Of hers.
Rood before her, and for a while she took no
notice OF me, but kept on playing and singing
little, and very sweet music 1t was. AT
asst she looked up and smiled.
SO thou art come" she said. 4 thought
hat perchance thou hadst gone about the
Queen Nyleptha's business. Thou art ever
pm Der business, and doubt not good ser.
gart and true
"To this | merely bowed and said wac
here to receive the queens word.
"'Ah, yes, would talk with thee. but be
hou seated. cannot lift my i1eck SO high
and she made room for me beside her on The
cotSh. placing herself with her back acains.
he end, so as to have view of my face.
" 1t is not meet Isaid, that should mako
myself equal with the queen
" 4 said be seated was her answer: SO SAT
Gown, and she set to work to look at me with
hose dark eyes of hers. There she sat. like an
ncarnate spirit CT beauty, hardly talking at
All, and when she did, very low, but all the
= while looking at lae There was white
lower in her black hair, and tried to keep
1y ses ON it and count tho petals, BUTT was
Pf no use. At last, whether it was her gaze
the perfume on her hair, or what l do not
Enow, but / began to feel as though was
being mesmeriZed. At last she reused her
tlf.
'Incubu,' she said, 'iovest thou power
"rrep)ied that I supposed oil men loved
'ower Of one sort or another
"'Thou shalt have it, she said Lowest
hou wealth.
y said liked wealth for what IL BROUGHT.
"'Thou shalt have it, she said. 'And lowest
hou beautyf
"Io this replied that was very fond of
tatuary and architecture, or something of
hat sort, ct which she frowned, and there
vas pause. By this time my nerves were
n such stretch that l was shaking like a
eaf. l knew that something awful was going
o happen, but she held me under a kind OF
pell and could not help myself.
"'Incubu, she said at length 'wouldst thou
o a,kingl Listen, wouldst thou DO kingi
sefsld, stranger, l am minded to make thee
ing of oil Zu-vsndisay and husband Of So
ais.of the Night. Nay, peace, and hear me-
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